rustication

[ ruhs-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
2. the act of a person or thing that rusticates.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rustication¹

First recorded in 1615–25, rustication is from the Latin word rūsticātiōn- (stem of rūsticātiō ). See rusticate, -ion

Example Sentences

The university, too, came to its senses and revoked the rustication of the students.

From The Daily Beast

It is, however, I believe, sometimes supposed that rustication gives an appearance of solidity to foundation stones.

From Project Gutenberg

Seven days' rustication had wrought a marked change in the town-bred girl.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, to recover from a state of debility thus produced, a year's rustication has been found necessary.

From Project Gutenberg

Formal corporal punishment would have rendered rustication unnecessary.

From Project Gutenberg

What else is it than to suffer exile within the same walls, actual rustication?

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